Incredible from the standpoint of technical features and aesthetics, luxury timepiece is often a wearable work of art...
This is precisely the case with a beautiful watch Hisui, which was created by the watchmaker Kari Voutlinainen, in cooperation with Kitamura Tatsuo, one of the leading experts of lacquering in Japan.
This hand-designed timepiece is stunning masterpiece that consists of a large number of small pieces of gold and shells. A large amount of time is needed for the creation of this watch, which is not surprising - more than a thousand hours of work are devoted to the creation of this masterpiece. During its preparation precious materials were used Kinpuna - gold dust, Jyunkin-itakane - golden leaves, Yakou-gai - part of the green shells and Awabi-gai - part of the shell from the territory of New Zealand.
This watch has a case with the diameter of 39mm made of platinum, in which a hand-winding movement with a frequency of 18,000 vph and direct pulse is placed.
Hisui was inspired by emerald and jade, and this precious timepiece was the winner of Artistic Crafts category at the Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix in the previous month. This award is considered the Oscar of watchmaking. This is a unique and valuable timepiece, and so it has the appropriate price - around 233,000 dollars.
